Training Modules

  • DEEPER — Worship Foundations is an integral part of the Levi Worship Academy’s modular learning programme and forms the spiritual and theological backbone of all Academy pathways. As such, all applicants to the Academy are required to attend the in-person DEEPER session and to fully engage with and complete the DEEPER module assignments.

    By registering for the Singers module or any of the musical instrument modules, you are automatically enrolled in the DEEPER — Worship Foundations module. This ensures that all participants are grounded in a shared biblical understanding of worship, spiritual formation, and ministry posture, providing a unified foundation from which all practical training and development flows.

    Dates for the DEEPER sessions can be found on the Levi Worship Academy webpage, within the description of your chosen module, and in the confirmation email you will receive upon sign-up.

Level 1

Session 1 - 2 March 2026

Level 2

Session 1 - 1 June 2026


 
  • The Worship Leadership Module forms worship leaders who minister from intimacy with God, carrying spiritual depth, pastoral awareness, and musical confidence. Across four levels, students explore biblical foundations, cultivating a posture of presence before performance. Learners grow in pastoral leadership, healthy team culture, prayerful discernment, and leading worship with maturity and sensitivity. They develop skills in service flow, song selection, transitions, spontaneous moments, and collaborating with meeting leaders and MDs. Alongside spiritual formation, students receive practical training in music-theory basics for worship, the Nashville Number System, Planning Center use, and an introduction to tracks and stems with tools such as Ableton Live and Multitracks. The final level focuses on mentoring emerging leaders, cultivating creativity, and helping establish sustainable, Spirit-led worship ministries. Each level includes assessment to strengthen character, spiritual maturity, and real-world leadership.

Level 1

Session 1 - 16 March 2026
Session 2 - 30 March 2026
Session 3 - 13 April 2026
Session 4 - 20 April 2026

Level 2

Session 1 - 8 June 2026
Session 2 - 22 June 2026
Session 3 - 6 July 2026
Session 4 - 20 July 2026

 

 
  • The Keyboard Module equips students to become expressive, confident, and spiritually sensitive keyboardists able to support a worship environment with musical depth and awareness. Beginning with layout, technique, simple triads, and basic progressions, students gradually develop skills in inversions, harmonising melodies, accompaniment patterns, and playing comfortably with tracks and stems. As they progress, learners explore extended chords, stylistic approaches across worship genres, improvisation, sound selection, and the creative use of pads and textures that shape atmosphere. The highest level includes leadership elements such as sound programming, re-harmonisation, transitions, and supporting vocalists with sensitivity and skill. Practical assessments at each level help build confidence and prepare students for real-world worship settings, encouraging creativity, excellence, and a heart tuned toward God’s presence.

Level 1

Session 1 - 9 March 2026
Session 2 - 23 March 2026
Session 3 - 13 April 2026
Session 4 - 20 April 2026

Level 2

Session 1 - 8 June 2026
Session 2 - 22 June 2026
Session 3 - 6 July 2026
Session 4 - 20 July 2026

  • The Singers Module develops worship vocalists into confident, expressive, and spiritually grounded leaders and team members. Students begin with foundational techniques such as breathing, posture, pitch matching, rhythm, and basic harmony. As they develop, they grow in blending, dynamics, phrasing, agility, and safe vocal development. Learners are trained in lead and backing vocal roles, mic technique, staying in key, and singing confidently with tracks. Advanced levels include spontaneous worship, vocal arranging, team dynamics, transition cues, and working closely with the worship leader, MD, and band. Each level concludes with a practical assessment designed to build confidence and prepare vocalists to lead and support worship with excellence, humility, and deep spiritual sensitivity.

Level 1

Session 1 - 9 March 2026
Session 2 - 23 March 2026
Session 3 - 13 April 2026
Session 4 - 20 April 2026

Level 2

Session 1 - 29 June 2026
Session 2 - 13 July 2026
Session 3 - 27 July 2026
Session 4 - 10 August 2026

 

 
  • The Bass Module equips students with the musical skill, spiritual awareness, and confidence needed to serve as worship bassists. Across four progressive levels, learners develop a strong technical foundation, from instrument setup and core rhythms to creating supportive, intentional bass lines that anchor a worship team. Students explore how to lock in with the drummer, understand keys and chord structures, and carry the weight of groove and feel within a worship moment. As they grow, students develop fretboard fluency, tone shaping, stylistic versatility, and the ability to support spontaneous worship confidently. The module emphasises the unique leadership role of a bassist -guiding dynamics, shaping transitions, and helping create stability within the band. Each level includes a practical assessment to build confidence and readiness for real worship environments, encouraging excellence, humility, and spiritual sensitivity.

Level 1

Session 1 - 16 March 2026
Session 2 - 30 March 2026
Session 3 - 13 April 2026
Session 4 - 20 April 2026

 

 
  • The Drums Module develops confident, musical, and worship-sensitive drummers ready to serve the church with maturity and skill. Students begin with foundations such as kit setup, stick technique, timing, and essential worship grooves. As they progress, they explore dynamic shaping, ghost-note patterns, genre-specific styles, and the prayerful awareness needed to support spontaneous worship moments. Learners deepen ensemble sensitivity by locking in with bassists, working effectively with loops and pads, and shaping transitions that guide the flow of a worship set. Throughout the pathway, students grow in humility, discipline, and the spiritual attentiveness required to carry the ‘heartbeat’ of the room. Each level ends with a practical assessment designed to build confidence, strengthen musicality, and prepare drummers to serve in live worship settings with excellence and grace.

Level 1

Session 1 - 27 April 2026
Session 2 - 11 May 2026
Session 3 - 1 June 2026
Session 4 - 15 June 2026

  • The Guitar Module guides students through four levels of development, building the musical skill, technical fluency, and worship sensitivity needed to serve as effective worship guitarists. Beginning with tuning, posture, basic strumming, and fretboard awareness, learners soon progress into core chords, rhythm consistency, and foundational worship progressions. As students advance, they explore chord inversions, voice-leading, dynamic right-hand control, and smooth transitions that help create seamless worship flow. By Level 4, learners confidently read chord charts, understand song structure, count bars, and apply rhythmic styles used across modern worship. Each level includes a practical assessment to strengthen confidence and readiness for live worship settings, emphasising excellence, humility, and a heart to serve God’s presence.

Level 1

Session 1 - 27 April 2026
Session 2 - 11 May 2026
Session 3 - 1 June 2026
Session 4 - 15 June 2026